Madeleine Campbell is the RVC's Lecturer in Human:Animal Interactions and Ethics. She was previously the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow in Veterinary Ethics. Madeleine is a European recognised Specialist in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law (Dip ECAWBM (AWSEL)), and a European and a RCVS Recognised Specialist in Equine Reproduction (DipECAR). She is also the sole Partner at Hobgoblins Equine Reproduction Centre.

Madeleine was the first Veterinary Surgeon to be awarded a Wellcome Trust Fellowship in Biomedical Ethics, and used that funding to research the ethics of assisted reproductive techniques in non-human mammals.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon (BVetMed) with Honours in 1996 (The Royal Veterinary College).

PhD in Equine Reproduction, 2003 (London University). BA Oxford University (2:1) in Modern History and Economics, 1989.

Recognised as a Veterinary Specialist in Equine Reproduction by the European College of Animal Reproduction (2003) and The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (2006).

MA in Medical Ethics and Law from Keele University, 2012, Distinction for both course work and thesis.

Recognised as a European Specialist in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law by the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine (2016)

Current research focuses on the ethics of assisted reproductive techniques in non-human mammals, the ethics of animal use for competitive sport, and the ethics of evidence based veterinary medicine. With Dr Mandi de Mestre, Madeleine also researches endometrial health in mares.

Campbell, M.L.H and England, G.C.W (2006) The effect of coitus and of artificial insemination of different volumes of fresh semen on uterine contractions in the mare. Animal Reproduction Science 94 248-251

Madeleine spent a period as Lecturer in Equine Reproduction at the RVC before entering referral practice. Currently, she lectures on Human:Animal Interactions and Ethics to BSc, MSc, nursing and BVetMed students; is a PhD Supervisor; a Supervisor for BSc Research Projects, and teaches equine assisted reproductive techniques to BVetMed elective students. Madeleine is also a visiting lecturer on equine ethics at the University of Liverpool. Madeleine is also an acknowledged organiser and provider of post-graduate CPD at national and international meetings.

Madeleine is a RCVS and European Recognised Specialist in Equine Reproduction. She is the sole Partner at Hobgoblins Equine Reproduction Centre, where she provides a clinical referral service for diagnosis of sub-fertility in mares and stallions; artificial insemination; embryo transfer; semen assessment, processing, chilling and freezing and reproductive ultrasonography.

Outreach interests

Madeleine is particularly interested in widening access to the BVetMed and BSc courses. She devised and taught a section on veterinary and animal ethics for the RVC summer school in 2018, and, via her role as a governor at Alleyn's school, is planning to work with a London Academy on access issues.

Positions Held

Mameber of the RCVS Ethics Review Board (2017-)

Member of the Congress Scientific Programme Committee for British Equine Veterinary Association Congress (2017)

Member of the British Veterinary Association’s Brexit Working Group (2016-2017).

Member then Chair of the Ethics and Welfare Committee of the British Veterinary Association (2010-2016: appointed member 2010; elected Chair 2013).

Board member (2014-) then Treasurer (2017-) for the European College of Animal Reproduction

President of British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) 2010.

Initiator and organiser of the International forum on improving the welfare of horses during transport, held at the European Commission in Brussels, 2010.

Honorary Lecturer in Dept. of Veterinary Basic Sciences, the Royal Veterinary College.

Public concern about welfare issues relating to the use of animals in sport – particularly horse and greyhound racing – has increased in recent years. This area of research investigates whether there is an ethical alternative to abolishing the use of animals in sport.

Evidence based veterinary medicine (EBVM) has the potential to make a significant contribution to improvements in veterinary and human health. However, unless they are addressed, hitherto under-explored ethical and societal dimensions to EBVM will limit this contribution. Madeleine Campbell and David Mills are working to elucidate such ethical and societal issues, and propose possible solutions to them.

Madeline Campbell is leading projects on an ethicolegal review of the Dangerous Dogs Act and study looking into ethical aspects of the role of veterinary surgeons and veterinary organisations in addressing brachycephalia in companion animals